Meat and Poultry Processing - Articles - Page 191

Meat and Poultry Shipments and Retail Store Growth Stats

Protein by the Numbers

Trends Shaping Meat, Poultry and Seafood Processing

December 28, 2017

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The meat, poultry and seafood industry is experiencing a global boom.

A meat & poultry plant worker uses a computer-based system for record keeping

Processing Tech

Process controls: a measure of success

Meat and poultry processors should design systems that encourage workers to meet company operating standards.

Richard Mitchell

December 27, 2017

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Process controls play a key role in the effective operation of meat and poultry plants. By setting performance targets for workers and having a system that identifies whether the objectives are being met, processors can quickly gauge plant efficiencies and identify areas for improvement.

Animal Slaughtering and Processing Production Index Data Trend

Market Snapshot

U.S. animal slaughter & production market snapshot

Expectations rise, carry short-term growth

Connor Lokar

December 21, 2017

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U.S. animal slaughtering and processing production is rising. Average production during the 12 months through September was up 4.2 percent compared with the year-ago level

Processing Tech

Better vision systems create better meat and poultry inspection

The use of vision systems to inspect meat and poultry products has increased as capabilities have improved and costs have gone down.

Elizabeth Fuhrman

December 11, 2017

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In a wide embrace of technology, vision systems are being used throughout the entire process by meat and poultry processors.

Meat Science Review

Beef production technology and its effect on consumer preference

Megan J. Webb Dustin L. Pendell Adele A. Harty Robin R. Salverson C. A. Rotz Keith R. Underwood Ken C. Olson Amanda D. Blair

December 8, 2017

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A recent study funded by the Minnesota Beef Council was conducted to 1) evaluate meat quality characteristics, and 2) identify consumer palatability and label preferences for beef raised in different production systems.

Protein Problem Solver

Harim Group's new "vertical" poultry-processing lines

Taking poultry processing to new heights: Marel Poultry outfits Harim Korea's new five-story "vertical" processing plant.

November 21, 2017

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The South Korean enterprise Harim Group selected Marel Poultry to install four new poultry-processing lines spread over five floors in the fully modernized plant in the city of Iksan.

Meat Science Review

Advanced heifer carcass maturity and beef palatability

Kacie Salove M.J. Colle Z.G. Reynolds J.A. Nasados R.P. Richard M.E. Doumit

November 15, 2017

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Recently, the USDA-AMS posted a notice on the Federal Register for comments on modernizing standards to allow for the use of documentation of actual age or dentition, a method used by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS), when determining beef carcass quality grades.

Processing Tech

Collaborate on conveyors

Dr. John E. Johnson

November 9, 2017

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While evaluating the conveyors during the decommission phase of a recent project, I was amazed at the variety of designs, belting, fabrication and, unfortunately, poor sanitary design.

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Back to the basics of meat processing

Nelson Gaydos

October 20, 2017

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As a meat processor, it’s not only important to know what you are doing, but also why you are doing it and how it works. Every ingredient added to a food product is done so for a specific purpose.

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Benefits of automated cutting and deboning

Improved technology allows processors to benefit from today’s automated cutting and deboning operations.

Elizabeth Fuhrman

October 12, 2017

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The need for automation and robotics in cutting and deboning is becoming more necessary with labor challenges, but it is not as prevalent yet as the old adage “yields pay for labor.”